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host of the pbs news hour, and they more contributing editor. maggie haberman, and nora o'donnell. we will give a shout out to helene cooper who is in the piece and had to be on the bus today. and our last best can't be here today. and we are sad about that. i want to start with a few questions, but i really want asked after sitting here next everybody finding out that it is a very incestuous group and they all have secrets about each other. i'm going to be kind and stick to our point which was talking about the election. given the explosion of social media today, as we know, we had to take our second round of photos not just for prints, but the photographer moved out and everybody went out there. how is it easier or harder to do your job today covering candidates? what kind of pressure does that put on your business? john bed and i will ask laura to start. >> when you talked about sharing secrets, chris looked over. like, i know a lot about you, nora. we go way back. i was probably one of the first people on twitter, and i think it has helped to gather information, it has helped s
host of the pbs news hour, and they more contributing editor. maggie haberman, and nora o'donnell. we will give a shout out to helene cooper who is in the piece and had to be on the bus today. and our last best can't be here today. and we are sad about that. i want to start with a few questions, but i really want asked after sitting here next everybody finding out that it is a very incestuous group and they all have secrets about each other. i'm going to be kind and stick to our point which was...
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attack ads against republican's by these virulence militant leftists super pacs like abc, nbc, cbs, pbs, npr, cnn, the new york times? the million dollars from the new york times that they spend every year to produce this product and pay its employees is enough, don't you? host: are you calling the media outlets super pacs? caller: definitely, they are political lobbying groups. guest: the first amendment to the constitution as a provision that talks about the press. so there has always been in the rules about financing campaigns an exemption for news organizations. there are no restrictions on what people can write in newspapers or can express on television. they are very careful to separate their editorial opinions and the editorial pages and their own perspectives from the news. that is their profession. it encourages them to be as objective as they can. so everybody is free to judge those messages as they come from the media and there are lots of them in very different forms in this era than there have been in the past. but there's an exemption in the constitution that allows them t
attack ads against republican's by these virulence militant leftists super pacs like abc, nbc, cbs, pbs, npr, cnn, the new york times? the million dollars from the new york times that they spend every year to produce this product and pay its employees is enough, don't you? host: are you calling the media outlets super pacs? caller: definitely, they are political lobbying groups. guest: the first amendment to the constitution as a provision that talks about the press. so there has always been in...
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we just went on pbs in washington, d.c. and whuc at howard university and we are now on over 1100 stations. it was originally from pacifica radio. that was founded in the bay area 60 years ago. over 300 radio stations take it all over the world. i think this is because of the hunger for independent voices. and to bend, authentic voices -- independent, authentic voice is all over the world. host: we are talking with amy goodman, the host of "to mobocracy now" and author of " the silent majority." caller: good morning. you got your priorities right -- war is hell. if we could negotiate with stalin, we could negotiate with iran. as far as business, we have the highest corporate tax in the world. can adjust lower theirs down to sit -- 15%. guest: i agree that war is hell. i co-authored this book with dennis moynihan as we travel the country and broadcast from all over, bringing out these issues. and engaging in discussion about what will make us safer in this country. ultimately, it is about shoring up this country. that will i
we just went on pbs in washington, d.c. and whuc at howard university and we are now on over 1100 stations. it was originally from pacifica radio. that was founded in the bay area 60 years ago. over 300 radio stations take it all over the world. i think this is because of the hunger for independent voices. and to bend, authentic voices -- independent, authentic voice is all over the world. host: we are talking with amy goodman, the host of "to mobocracy now" and author of " the...
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a vote to defund obamacare as ware and -- a as well as parents planted and pbs. a pledge not to raise any taxes on the rich or the middle-class or anyone else. aggressively support a cut cap and ballots agenda to terminate wasteful spending, cap spending to 2008 levels. aggressively support an agenda to undo the regulatory bad as in washington. permanently abn earmarked. reform the tax code. return the country to constitutional government. commit itself to a strong military, rejecting cuts from sequestration. embrace the strong socially and culturally conservative agenda in all its forms. the gop has excellent party platform. if you want our support, support your own platform first. thank you. >> jeff bell, represented the american principles product. >> thank you. to follow up on one of his first point, it is important for conservatives to start by confronting the fact that the 2012 election was a historic victory for the american left. probably its greatest since 1936. unlike 1992, 1996, or 2008, the democratic national ticket little of anything to obscure the
a vote to defund obamacare as ware and -- a as well as parents planted and pbs. a pledge not to raise any taxes on the rich or the middle-class or anyone else. aggressively support a cut cap and ballots agenda to terminate wasteful spending, cap spending to 2008 levels. aggressively support an agenda to undo the regulatory bad as in washington. permanently abn earmarked. reform the tax code. return the country to constitutional government. commit itself to a strong military, rejecting cuts from...
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a pbs series. he had come out on a series looking on civil-rights issues in america. that was a fundamental place for me to learn. i also worked on a documentary series for a long time. i learned by working in production and by immediately working on things of my own. i do think there is a benefit to the best practices, the thing that happens in an institution where you are not just struggling to make the thing. you are talking about it and you also have community and resources. if you can afford it, that is a powerful route. i happened to learn the hardest way possible, which is by working in production and not doing anything else. >> is that an issue here, the kind of methods, the institutions and the pattern and career that allows people to be trained to do watch-dog type stuff, whether they are journalists or do similar things, are those drying up? >> documentary films are interesting. in some ways, that still exists. in journalism, the apprenticeship model the newspaper used to offer is definitely going away. you have a staff of 10 and you might be able to mentor
a pbs series. he had come out on a series looking on civil-rights issues in america. that was a fundamental place for me to learn. i also worked on a documentary series for a long time. i learned by working in production and by immediately working on things of my own. i do think there is a benefit to the best practices, the thing that happens in an institution where you are not just struggling to make the thing. you are talking about it and you also have community and resources. if you can...
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>> no. >> no. >> do you watch programs on pbs? >> yes. >> yes, but i could live without it. >> do you write your own tweets? >> yes. >> yes. >> have you ever been arrested? >> no. >> no. >> we're going to start with ms. long. would you like to be selected as a senate majority leader? >> would i like to be senate majority leader? sure. [laughter] >> senator. >> yes. >> have you fired a gun within the last year? >> yes. >> no. >> have you read "fifty shades of grey?" [laughter] >> no. >> no. >> should there be a national ban on large sugary drinks? >> no. >> no. >> do you read political blogs? >> yes. >> yes. >> have you purchased a lottery ticket within the last year? >> yes. >> no. >> that concludes our lightening round. now it is time for cross- examination. you can ask your opponent one question. response is 60 seconds long. >> congress is broken. if you are elected, will you break your pledge if there is a deal that has $10 of cuts for every $1 of revenue increase? >> that is a little bit of a false question. we could raise rev
>> no. >> no. >> do you watch programs on pbs? >> yes. >> yes, but i could live without it. >> do you write your own tweets? >> yes. >> yes. >> have you ever been arrested? >> no. >> no. >> we're going to start with ms. long. would you like to be selected as a senate majority leader? >> would i like to be senate majority leader? sure. [laughter] >> senator. >> yes. >> have you fired a gun within the...
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i move pbs are permanent secretary. all in favor, ok, very good. wonderful. we now have some business. it is wonderful to start out on a note we are all together. i would like to begin this evening by having us say the pledge of allegiance. if we could stand. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> thank you very much. i would like to begin this evening, one of the traditions we have at our city council meetings is that we read the statements before every meeting. i think it is apropos for our discussion this evening. i would like to read the statement before each of our meetings. we are a leader in character count, and endeavoring to promote and model principles of trustworthiness, respect, fairness, caring and citizenship. we expect that all participants will act in a respectful manner consistent with these principles. i thought it was fit with what we were trying to accomplish. what i would like to do is give you a
i move pbs are permanent secretary. all in favor, ok, very good. wonderful. we now have some business. it is wonderful to start out on a note we are all together. i would like to begin this evening by having us say the pledge of allegiance. if we could stand. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> thank you very much. i would like to begin...
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attack ads against republican's by these virulence militant leftists super pacs like abc, nbc, cbs, pbs, npr, cnn, the new york times? the million dollars from the new york times that they spend every year to produce this product and pay its employees is enough, don't you? host: are you calling the media outlets super pacs? caller: definitely, they are political lobbying groups. guest: the first amendment to the constitution as a provision that talks about the press. so there has always been in the rules about financing campaigns an exemption for news organizations. there are no restrictions on what people can write in newspapers or can express on television. they are very careful to separate their editorial opinions and the editorial pages and their own perspectives from the news. that is their profession. it encourages them to be as objective as they can. so everybody is free to judge those messages as they come from the media and there are lots of them in very different forms in this era than there have been in the past. but there's an exemption in the constitution that allows them t
attack ads against republican's by these virulence militant leftists super pacs like abc, nbc, cbs, pbs, npr, cnn, the new york times? the million dollars from the new york times that they spend every year to produce this product and pay its employees is enough, don't you? host: are you calling the media outlets super pacs? caller: definitely, they are political lobbying groups. guest: the first amendment to the constitution as a provision that talks about the press. so there has always been in...
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i'm a new dad so my kids watch pbs. he wants to cut a lot of funding which is fine with me but which funds really should be cut? guest: host: so in light of his issues specifically do you have a sense of voters in wisconsin that maybe be that first time voter or perhaps those who would identify themselves as independent and still kind of deciding on who they're going to vote for? guest: well, they've been swinging mitt romney's way especially since the first vote. thrazz couple of reasons for that. number one if you're a young person you go to college or tech school or you're looking for some kind of higher education outside of high school, particularly if you're coming out of college right now you have a 1 in 2 chance of being unemployed or under employed when you come out of college because the opportunities are not out there for people like our caller if they were to come out of college or school today every extra point in unemployment means a couple thousand dollars -- several thousand dollars in lost income over yo
i'm a new dad so my kids watch pbs. he wants to cut a lot of funding which is fine with me but which funds really should be cut? guest: host: so in light of his issues specifically do you have a sense of voters in wisconsin that maybe be that first time voter or perhaps those who would identify themselves as independent and still kind of deciding on who they're going to vote for? guest: well, they've been swinging mitt romney's way especially since the first vote. thrazz couple of reasons for...
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i'm jim lehrer of the newshour on pbs, and i welcome you to the first of three 90-minute debates between the democratic candidate for president, vice president al gore and the republican candidate, governor george w. bush of texas. the debates are sponsored by the commission on presidential debates and they will be conducted within formats and rules agreed to between the commission and the two campaigns. we'll have the candidates at podiums. no answer to a question can exceed two minutes. rebuttal is limited to one minute. but as moderator i have the option to follow up and to extend any particular give and take another three-and-a-half minutes. even then, no single answer can exceed two minutes. the candidates under their rules may not question each other directly. there will be no opening statements, but each candidate may have up to two minutes for a closing statement. the questions and the subjects were chosen by me alone. i have told no one from the two campaigns, or the commission, or anyone else involved what they are. there is a small audience in the hall tonight. they are not he
i'm jim lehrer of the newshour on pbs, and i welcome you to the first of three 90-minute debates between the democratic candidate for president, vice president al gore and the republican candidate, governor george w. bush of texas. the debates are sponsored by the commission on presidential debates and they will be conducted within formats and rules agreed to between the commission and the two campaigns. we'll have the candidates at podiums. no answer to a question can exceed two minutes....
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the week of programming on pbs. call we just rebroadcast that week last week on my pbs show. this is the next thing, to bring these poverty experts together and talk about how we cannot just reduce poverty but eradicate poverty. i figure if you bring these kind of voices together, the drumbeat gets louder. occupy wall street certainly beat the drum last year, but this drumbeat must get louder between now and november. i am hoping that tomorrow night we can advance the conversation. in april, we are working on a new book called "the rich and the rest of us." just trying to find a creative way to use the platforms i have to get this issue discussed. host: janet from baltimore, maryland. go ahead. caller: what do they think obama is doing? he may not say the word for, -- the word poor, but he is doing all he can to get jobs created and do things for them. host: she said, do you not see that happening? in her opinion, the president is trying to work toward helping the poor. guest: when you begin your campaign give nearly a trillion dollars to investment bankers and they have zero
the week of programming on pbs. call we just rebroadcast that week last week on my pbs show. this is the next thing, to bring these poverty experts together and talk about how we cannot just reduce poverty but eradicate poverty. i figure if you bring these kind of voices together, the drumbeat gets louder. occupy wall street certainly beat the drum last year, but this drumbeat must get louder between now and november. i am hoping that tomorrow night we can advance the conversation. in april, we...
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on pbs and c-uest an span. i know you are familiar with the political cauldron that produced president obama from your university of chicago. lastly, our resident scholar, richard norton smith, one of the premier presidential historians in our country. he has directed a number of presidential libraries in his tenure over the last 30 years. he is frequently on pbs and c- span as well. many of you perhaps have seen him there. he is known for wielding a much longer view of the impact a specific presidencies. we will call on that tonight. he hails from harvard. with a handoff to dr. jeremy mayor, one last observation -- the candidate with the mba lost. >> are we speaking from here? >> yes, it does from the panel is fine. >> i will talk briefly about what is next. i think the election itself was very interesting. but i think we are going to focus, at least with my remarks, on where do we go from here. i will bark -- like to focus on the losing party. elections are off the most interesting for what they do to the los
on pbs and c-uest an span. i know you are familiar with the political cauldron that produced president obama from your university of chicago. lastly, our resident scholar, richard norton smith, one of the premier presidential historians in our country. he has directed a number of presidential libraries in his tenure over the last 30 years. he is frequently on pbs and c- span as well. many of you perhaps have seen him there. he is known for wielding a much longer view of the impact a specific...
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. >> judy woodruff with the pbs newshour. one of the things that certainly has marked this congress is the gridlock. on one issue after another, it seems that while there has been some cooperation, clearly there has also been a lot of disagreement on one issue after another. could one or two of you speak about the difference you think it would make to have more women? what issues could change in the congress if more women were elected. for example, the debt ceiling. >> i will open a little -- i will open by talking a little about process. in massachusetts, i found it was very easy to get legislation passed if you could reach out across the aisle and ignore the fact that perhaps you have idealogical differences on every other issue, but find the one issue you agree on. people are different. you will find many different concerns on both sides of the aisle. really, if you are willing to reach out, get to know people, get to know their interests and view them as people, not as the opponent, you're very likely to be able to find s
. >> judy woodruff with the pbs newshour. one of the things that certainly has marked this congress is the gridlock. on one issue after another, it seems that while there has been some cooperation, clearly there has also been a lot of disagreement on one issue after another. could one or two of you speak about the difference you think it would make to have more women? what issues could change in the congress if more women were elected. for example, the debt ceiling. >> i will open a...
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i will stop the subsidy to pbs. i like pbs. i like big bird. i cannot keep spending money to borrow from china to pay for it. i will take programs that are good programs but will be run more officially at the state level. i'll make government more efficient and cut back the number of employees and combine some agencies. my cutbacks will be done through attrition. the president said he would cut the deficit in half. he doubled it. trillion-dollar deficits for the last four years. the president has put in place almost as much debt held by the public as all prior presidents combined. >> when i walked into the oval office i had more than a trillion dollar deficit greeting me. we know where it came from. two wars paid for on a credit card, two cuts that are not pay for, programs that were not paid for, a massive economic crisis. despite that, yes, we had to take some emergency measures to make sure we did not slip into a great depression. let's make sure we are cutting out things that are not helping us grow. 77 government programs from aircrafts th
i will stop the subsidy to pbs. i like pbs. i like big bird. i cannot keep spending money to borrow from china to pay for it. i will take programs that are good programs but will be run more officially at the state level. i'll make government more efficient and cut back the number of employees and combine some agencies. my cutbacks will be done through attrition. the president said he would cut the deficit in half. he doubled it. trillion-dollar deficits for the last four years. the president...
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i think pbs is something else we can look at cutting. when you continue to borrow 40 cents on every dollar -- >> senator nelson -- one minute, 15. >> right off the bat i have to explain that what he said about the budget is not true. not only did we pass the budget, we passed it in lot last year -- law last year. this was not a budget resolution. this was an actual act signed into law by the president and, as a matter of fact, it set the course of categories of spending for two years, not one year. when you look at spending cuts, you know there is something known as tax expenditures. it is called tax loopholes. that is, basically loopholes that go out to special interests. if we are going to reform the tax code, we can go in and start taking out a lot of them. give you an example -- how about $40 billion to come out of the oil industry? how about another -- here is a good one -- $11.5 billion to come from not letting bp deduct their cleanup expenses? those of this two examples. >> 30 second rebuttal -- strict 30 seconds. >> senator nelso
i think pbs is something else we can look at cutting. when you continue to borrow 40 cents on every dollar -- >> senator nelson -- one minute, 15. >> right off the bat i have to explain that what he said about the budget is not true. not only did we pass the budget, we passed it in lot last year -- law last year. this was not a budget resolution. this was an actual act signed into law by the president and, as a matter of fact, it set the course of categories of spending for two...
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john fastenal, january 7, 2013 on the -- january 7, 2013 on pbs. it is also -- he also produced two documentary's examining the drug crisis and is a previous director of the american experience roberto clemente, winner of an award for outstanding television documentary. he has done a number of other things. the question is -- what does digital mean at this time of transition, how we get information by newspapers, the changes in reporting. what does it mean? what should it mean in this context? what does it mean particularly for the kinds of reporters that you have most recently made this film about who are covering very difficult stories where there is real risk involved? >> from my perspective, as a documentary filmmaker, i do not know i would consider myself a journalists in the traditional sense. i think i have a slightly different set of challenges. a traditional journalist has to be factually accurate -- like that, but that is a point of departure to make something larger. i do not always get there. for me, and vigilanceis a bad debt. i made "
john fastenal, january 7, 2013 on the -- january 7, 2013 on pbs. it is also -- he also produced two documentary's examining the drug crisis and is a previous director of the american experience roberto clemente, winner of an award for outstanding television documentary. he has done a number of other things. the question is -- what does digital mean at this time of transition, how we get information by newspapers, the changes in reporting. what does it mean? what should it mean in this context?...
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i say to folks, it's great to have pbs and big bird without advertising. but i'm afraid we shouldn't keep on sending hundreds of millions of dollars to pbs. instead they should get advertisers like everybody else. big bird can survive with kellogg's corn flakes on the tv tube. [applause] i really do feel, and i've said this before and i'll say it again, i do feel this is a battle and an election about the soul of america. [applause] this is a president is turning america into a welfare-style state like europe. i don't want to become like europe. i want to stay like america. last night mitch daniels had a phrase that i thought was very powerful. he said, look, trickledown government doesn't work. that's what we're seeing under this administration. bigger and bigger government saying somehow as government gets bigger and takes more it will be good for everybody else. well, they're wrong. the right course for america is not to head toward europe and not to become a social welfare state, it's instead to restore the principles that made america the hope of the
i say to folks, it's great to have pbs and big bird without advertising. but i'm afraid we shouldn't keep on sending hundreds of millions of dollars to pbs. instead they should get advertisers like everybody else. big bird can survive with kellogg's corn flakes on the tv tube. [applause] i really do feel, and i've said this before and i'll say it again, i do feel this is a battle and an election about the soul of america. [applause] this is a president is turning america into a welfare-style...
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i will cut pbs. i will take programs that are currently good programs but i think would be more efficiently run at the state level. number three, i will make government more efficient and cut back the number of employees. i would cut back agencies and departments. my cutbacks will be done through attrition, by the way. this is the approach we have to take. the president said he would cut the deficit in half. unfortunately he doubled it. trillion dollar deficits for the last four years. the president has put us in almost as much debt held by the public as all former presidents combined. >> when i walked into the oval office, i had more than a trillion dollar debt. we know where it came from. two wars paid for on the credit card, two tax cuts not paid for, and a whole bunch of programs that were not paid for, and then a massive economic crisis. despite that, what we have said is, yes, we had to take initial emergency measures to make sure we didn't slip into a great depression. what we have also said i
i will cut pbs. i will take programs that are currently good programs but i think would be more efficiently run at the state level. number three, i will make government more efficient and cut back the number of employees. i would cut back agencies and departments. my cutbacks will be done through attrition, by the way. this is the approach we have to take. the president said he would cut the deficit in half. unfortunately he doubled it. trillion dollar deficits for the last four years. the...
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not keep sending hundreds of millions of dollars to pbs. they can survive like kelloggs corn flakes -- with kellogg's corn flakes on the tv tube. [applause] i have said this before and i will say it again. i do feel this is a battle about the soul of america. [applause] this is a president who is turning america into a welfare- style state, like europe. i do not want to become like europe. i want to stay like america. mitch daniels had a phrase that i thought was very powerful. he said, trickle-down government does not work. that is what we are seeing in that this administration. the right course for america as not to head toward europe and not to become a social where fell -- welfare state, but to restore the principles that made america a host of the earth. [applause] -- the hope of the earth. [applause] those principles are embodied in our founding documents. and when the founders said that the creator had in doubt us with certain inalienable rights, among them life -- endowed us with certain inalienable rights, among them life, liberty,
not keep sending hundreds of millions of dollars to pbs. they can survive like kelloggs corn flakes -- with kellogg's corn flakes on the tv tube. [applause] i have said this before and i will say it again. i do feel this is a battle about the soul of america. [applause] this is a president who is turning america into a welfare- style state, like europe. i do not want to become like europe. i want to stay like america. mitch daniels had a phrase that i thought was very powerful. he said,...
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she appears on the brian lair show and has contributed to npr, bbc, and pbs. next to her as greg marx, co- editor of our selling state product. if you have seen his riding -- writings, he is doing some interesting commentary on how the campaign is being conducted. finally, my old colleague at newsday. a columnist at newsday and a political analyst for the fox news channel. ellis henican is the author of "home team." and "in the blink of an eye." of stormyvoice i on 2021. about we will give the floor to michael howe and his presentation which will give some material to react on. it is all yours. >> thank you. i am happy to be here. i would like to think -- thank aj for inviting me. we are analyzing election from a data perspective. we believe that we are going from the perspective of data being apolitical. we are measuring influence, the amplification of media and sources and journalists with in the election coverage. we have a unique methodology by which we are doing that measurement. be in just of the traditional print and broadcast. on the video shot -- on t
she appears on the brian lair show and has contributed to npr, bbc, and pbs. next to her as greg marx, co- editor of our selling state product. if you have seen his riding -- writings, he is doing some interesting commentary on how the campaign is being conducted. finally, my old colleague at newsday. a columnist at newsday and a political analyst for the fox news channel. ellis henican is the author of "home team." and "in the blink of an eye." of stormyvoice i on 2021....
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that's why pbs and its member stations were named number one in public trust and, quote, excellent use of taxpayer dollars for the ninth consecutive year. it's time for people who believe in public broadcasting to stand up to this extremism and settle the question once and for all about the future of public broadcasting. unless we fight now, there may be nothing left to protect. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from minnesota, mr. cravaack, for five minutes. mr. cravaack: thank you, mr. speaker. for far too long, over 30 years, in fact, minnesotan students have been faced with an 86,000-acre problem. when minnesota became a state in 1858, sections 13 and -- 16 and 36 of every township were set aside for the benefit of schools. the states could use, sell or lease. the federal government created the boundary waters canoe area wilderness. these state school trust lands within the boundary waters cannot be timbered, harvested, leased or utilized for their minerals. thus, they are not generating money for the school trust. end result, approximately 86,000 acres of
that's why pbs and its member stations were named number one in public trust and, quote, excellent use of taxpayer dollars for the ninth consecutive year. it's time for people who believe in public broadcasting to stand up to this extremism and settle the question once and for all about the future of public broadcasting. unless we fight now, there may be nothing left to protect. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from minnesota, mr. cravaack, for five minutes. mr....
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we see a picture of a pbs journalist, as moderator, gwenn ifill, with joe biden back when he was running for bp. and we see in this piece how there are no people of color moderating debates. how much do you interact with your audience as your pieces are generated? how much are you listening to people to get a sense of what you should write? guest: i think it is critical. we interact on twitter and facebook constantly. we listen and we chat. i will chat's every saturday, sometimes on more inspirational topics. but i want to hear from people, even when they say things that are not very nice, i still read tweet and i want to hear what people ought to stay. host: let's hear from a colleague in illinois. -- a caller in illinois. caller: i think the problem is with mainstream media in places like chicago. chicago is giving -- has had problems for years giving blacks a fair share in a city where it is 48% black. that is one issue. mainstream media does not point that out. do using disparate -- do you think is fair? if blacks are labeled as african-american, why or why not that -- are white amer
we see a picture of a pbs journalist, as moderator, gwenn ifill, with joe biden back when he was running for bp. and we see in this piece how there are no people of color moderating debates. how much do you interact with your audience as your pieces are generated? how much are you listening to people to get a sense of what you should write? guest: i think it is critical. we interact on twitter and facebook constantly. we listen and we chat. i will chat's every saturday, sometimes on more...
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back in the 1970's and 1980's, when i was in the business, it was cbs, cbs, nbc, and a little bit of pbs. now we have all the other idiots. i have read left turns of the have been in there myself. the majority of reporters are on the liberal side. sorry, can, but they really are. to answer the question over whether they show their bias -- they do not think they show their bias. we would sit and watch all of the other tv stations and see what they were reporting on. today, what is going on is that the major networks are watching what they're other major networks are reporting on, not what facts and -- not with fox and msnbc and some of the other ones are. that is why you and of seeing the same things a lot of times on abc, cbs, and nbc that you see so different on fox. they do not think, as bernie goldberg would say, they do not sit there and specifically said left wing spin on this, but they do because that is who they are. the people at box do what they do because that is who they are. but i do not think either one of them spend as much time as they should looking at what the other side
back in the 1970's and 1980's, when i was in the business, it was cbs, cbs, nbc, and a little bit of pbs. now we have all the other idiots. i have read left turns of the have been in there myself. the majority of reporters are on the liberal side. sorry, can, but they really are. to answer the question over whether they show their bias -- they do not think they show their bias. we would sit and watch all of the other tv stations and see what they were reporting on. today, what is going on is...
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this debate was hosted by vegas pbs. ♪ >> good evening, and welcome to an election special. for the next 30 minutes, i will be moderating a debate featuring the democratic and republican candidates running in congressional district 3. the candidates will be making opening and closing statements. they will respond to questions that i will ask that each candidate. the campaigns have agreed to exclude candidate-to-candidate questions. i would like introduce candidates. they are republican incumbent congressman joe heck, a democratic assembly speaker john of oceguera. let's begin, and according to the point toss, have the opening statement. >> good evening. thank you for putting this together. all the talk coming out of washington, all we get is bickering and fighting, not solving any problems. all people want is some solutions. i know what it is like to struggle. i was raised by single mom, to my way through school, joined the fire department. the fight for the middle-class is in my bones. it is why i am running. we got the balance the budget and do it the right way. cut progra
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. >> judy woodruff with the pbs newshour. one of the things that certainly has marked this congress is the gridlock. on one issue after another, it seems that while there has been some cooperation, clearly there has also been a lot of disagreement on one issue after another. could one or two of you speak about the difference you think it would make to have more women? what issues could change in the congress if more women were elected. for example, the debt ceiling. >> i will open a little -- i will open by talking a little about process. in massachusetts, i found it was very easy to get legislation passed if you could reach out across the aisle and ignore the fact that perhaps you have idealogical differences on every other issue, but find the one issue you agree on. people are different. you will find many different concerns on both sides of the aisle. really, if you are willing to reach out, get to know people, get to know their interests and view them as people, not as the opponent, you're very likely to be able to find s
. >> judy woodruff with the pbs newshour. one of the things that certainly has marked this congress is the gridlock. on one issue after another, it seems that while there has been some cooperation, clearly there has also been a lot of disagreement on one issue after another. could one or two of you speak about the difference you think it would make to have more women? what issues could change in the congress if more women were elected. for example, the debt ceiling. >> i will open a...
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it will be rebroadcast on pbs for three nights starting on january 16. other guests include the gentleman joining me now. susie old men, michael moore, jeffrey sacks and others will be guests. that is tomorrow night here on c-span at 8:30. thank you for coming in and talking to us. coming up next, we will talk more about manufacturing and jobs and story in 'th"the atlantic." pakistan the official says the prime minister has fired the defense secretary because of misconduct related to a memo sent to washington. the senior military official tells us of tension between pakistan be in the military government is very serious. meanwhile, an american droned strike killed for american assistance and pakistan today. this is the first such attack. the attack took place in northwest era stand. -- iristan. iran says one of its scientists working on the nuclear program has been killed by a car bomb. it was planted by assailants that were on m motorcycle. the latest that is likely to increase accusations of a covert plan by the west. those are some of the latest headl
it will be rebroadcast on pbs for three nights starting on january 16. other guests include the gentleman joining me now. susie old men, michael moore, jeffrey sacks and others will be guests. that is tomorrow night here on c-span at 8:30. thank you for coming in and talking to us. coming up next, we will talk more about manufacturing and jobs and story in 'th"the atlantic." pakistan the official says the prime minister has fired the defense secretary because of misconduct related to...
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judy woodruff is the senior correspond for pbs newshour. she has also been a senior cnn.spondent at nbc and mike allen is the chief political correspondent and white house correspondent for politico. he is the editor and writer of the playbook, a daily bible of what goes on in politics. chris wallace is the anchor of "fox news sunday." he has covered political campaign since 1980. he has been a correspondent at abc and nbc. i have dozens of years of political expertise between them. >> hundreds. [laughter] >> did not want to make anyone same old. before the debate between romney and obama, did anyone think romney had a chance of winning this election? do you think there is a chance that obama could lose? >> a chance. president obama was ahead by 3- 5. romney's favorable swore under water. it was in bad shape in ohio, michigan, and pennsylvania. i would put it -- i would give obama the edge 60-40. watch ohio. >> watch ohio. there is a way for romney to win it. if he loses ohio, it is tougher for him. he has made that more possible by what he
judy woodruff is the senior correspond for pbs newshour. she has also been a senior cnn.spondent at nbc and mike allen is the chief political correspondent and white house correspondent for politico. he is the editor and writer of the playbook, a daily bible of what goes on in politics. chris wallace is the anchor of "fox news sunday." he has covered political campaign since 1980. he has been a correspondent at abc and nbc. i have dozens of years of political expertise between them....
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yesterday, on the news report on pbs, i saw the full content of his monday comments. the context -- he was paraphrasing what the gop has been saying about the courts. that was not his position. he was paraphrasing what they were saying. the news media make it up your -- appear that it was his statement. the news media is making good press of the story. i do not know if you people on c-span review the full ton -- context of his statement. this is just a fabricated story. he is paraphrasing what the -- host: thank you. we carried it live. you can go to c-span.org and watch it. front page of "the houston chronicle." this shows the largest of the fastest-growing counties in america. harris county had the largest american increase in the last year. you can see if grew by 88,000 followed by los angeles county. maricopa, phoenix. dallas, orange county, san diego and tarrant county. this article in "usa today." george mcgovern hospitalized in florida. he has been hospitalized in florida. his daughter said. host: that is in "usa today." in "financial times" u.s. jobs figures t
yesterday, on the news report on pbs, i saw the full content of his monday comments. the context -- he was paraphrasing what the gop has been saying about the courts. that was not his position. he was paraphrasing what they were saying. the news media make it up your -- appear that it was his statement. the news media is making good press of the story. i do not know if you people on c-span review the full ton -- context of his statement. this is just a fabricated story. he is paraphrasing what...
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. >> i went to my bed and put on the telly and stumbled across a program on pbs. a documentary about niger. it is the kind of documentary that leaves you depressed. he saw a lot of undernourished children -- you saw a lot of undernourished children that had died in the meantime. the question is, the way we look at this, it is able but of a basket case. i would like to elicit an opinion poll. how many people think that there can be a major success story at this very moment? how many people have the courage to raise their arms? i see about four or five. more than that. 90 or more think there is no major success case. i have a surprise for you. we did a steady in niger in 2005 -- a study in niger in 2005. we came across something we did not expect. since 1985, farmers have begun to protect and manage -- they had done cell at a scale of 5 million acres. which meant it was one of the largest to transformation ever. what farmers had been doing was creating new systems. about 200 million new trees. none of them -- have been planted. these were protected and managed. what
. >> i went to my bed and put on the telly and stumbled across a program on pbs. a documentary about niger. it is the kind of documentary that leaves you depressed. he saw a lot of undernourished children -- you saw a lot of undernourished children that had died in the meantime. the question is, the way we look at this, it is able but of a basket case. i would like to elicit an opinion poll. how many people think that there can be a major success story at this very moment? how many people...
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not pinpoint exactly what he would do differently other than planned parenthood, other than cutting pbs. and then he mentioned with the gun laws. but other than that, he does not sound like he is saying a lot different. guest: i think a lot of what you are saying is a lot of what i have seen in some of the polls i have seen and some of the things we have heard from our readers at the root, the opinion of a lot of black obama's supporters. this is how a lot of black obama supporters feel, that obama deserves a second chance because of all the challenges, and this is why so many people support him for a second term. host: odette at little rock, arkansas. caller: i would like you to address the perceived level of disrespect to this president and voter suppression efforts and the impact this will have an african-americans. guest: so i think that -- i think that with black voters, one of the things -- one of their connections with barack obama is that a lot of the disrespect that they see launched at him they feel personally. as the head of state, someone disrespecting barack obama, feel som
not pinpoint exactly what he would do differently other than planned parenthood, other than cutting pbs. and then he mentioned with the gun laws. but other than that, he does not sound like he is saying a lot different. guest: i think a lot of what you are saying is a lot of what i have seen in some of the polls i have seen and some of the things we have heard from our readers at the root, the opinion of a lot of black obama's supporters. this is how a lot of black obama supporters feel, that...
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host: pbs will air a special monday and tuesday on bill clinton and his presidency. andrew ferguson on the attempt to rehabilitate clinton. you go inside "the weekly standard" you will see mr. ferguson's peace. it says an attempt to rehabilitate bill clinton is in full bloom. unsurprisingly they leave a lot out. he writes that many people swept up in the clinton revival are simply forgetful of the clinton reality or too young to remember it. to them, those other signature phrases may be foggy or unfamiliar. the ignorance is easy to correct. evanston, illinois randy, a democrat, good morning to you. what do you think about what you are hearing regarding rick santorum? caller: 6 santorum is a -- rick santorum reminds me of a description -- it is a proverb. proverbs 5:12 -- 17:12. it is unfortunate you give him this platform to speak from, but let me just read it to you. let a man read a bear robbed of her cub rather than a fool in his silliness. whenever you run across that, it is best for you to take flight. rick santorum is an absolute fool but somehow, he got on thi
host: pbs will air a special monday and tuesday on bill clinton and his presidency. andrew ferguson on the attempt to rehabilitate clinton. you go inside "the weekly standard" you will see mr. ferguson's peace. it says an attempt to rehabilitate bill clinton is in full bloom. unsurprisingly they leave a lot out. he writes that many people swept up in the clinton revival are simply forgetful of the clinton reality or too young to remember it. to them, those other signature phrases may...
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host: that was from "pbs news hour." you measure the amount of donations and not the amount of influence. dow was off of twitter. questionat's a good and there remains to be seen. one thing reporters have been trying to do is talk about what some of these major donors want from their candidates. when rick santorum was a candidate, one major donor was very interested in family values issues and very interested in a islamic extremism. he talked to reporters about what he contributed millions of dollars to support santorum as an individual, he said it was because he believed santorum was going to focus on those issues if he was elected president. that's not evidence of corruption, per se, but it opens up the question about whether or not candidates will be sensitive to the desires of their donors when they're supporting them to the tune of millions of millions of dollars. host: from sumter, south carolina, for abby phillip. caller: good morning, steve. for many years, i have been promoting this show to my family and friends
host: that was from "pbs news hour." you measure the amount of donations and not the amount of influence. dow was off of twitter. questionat's a good and there remains to be seen. one thing reporters have been trying to do is talk about what some of these major donors want from their candidates. when rick santorum was a candidate, one major donor was very interested in family values issues and very interested in a islamic extremism. he talked to reporters about what he contributed...
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i like pbs, i like big bird, my kids like bert and ernie. i do not think it's worth borrowing money against so our kids don't have to watch advertising. i think it is ok for big bird and kellogg's corn flakes to be on the same tv at the same time. we will stop spending on programs that are not absolutely essential. that is number one. i will cut a lot of spending by doing that. there is another way to cut spending, and i am sure you will appreciate this. that is by taking programs we will keep, like medicaid, the programs for the poor who need health care, and housing vouchers, food stamps or people in need. we will take those programs and instead of them being managed by the federal government and growing completely out of control, we will send them back to the states. we will let the states run those programs, with specific limits on how fast they grow. [applause] and by the way, that saves $100 billion per year, by having medicaid grow at inflation plus 1%. there are other programs that are so on economical and wasteful in washington. you
i like pbs, i like big bird, my kids like bert and ernie. i do not think it's worth borrowing money against so our kids don't have to watch advertising. i think it is ok for big bird and kellogg's corn flakes to be on the same tv at the same time. we will stop spending on programs that are not absolutely essential. that is number one. i will cut a lot of spending by doing that. there is another way to cut spending, and i am sure you will appreciate this. that is by taking programs we will keep,...
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it will be rebroadcast on pbs for three nights starting on january 16. guests. ests include that >> tavis smiley close a forum tomorrow. the tune in that is at 6:00 we did 6:30 p.m. eastern. >> debbie wasserman schulz on the 2012 campaign. then mitt romney campaigned in south carolina. after that, a fund-raising event with president obama at the university of illinois. >> a couple of live events to tell you about. he speaks on the state of u.s. business. here on c-span, the center for american progress host the head of the white house council of economic advisers. >> we are going to take a look of a perry's surprising comments on climate change. >> there are a substantial number of scientists to have manipulated data. >> i re different comments by politicians on 81 and 4 scale. a say something outrageous, you will get four pinocchio's. if you say something slightly misleading he may get one. >> glenn kessler evaluates the truth and as a political figures and others. >> i do think if a politician says the same thing over and over again, even when it has been poin
it will be rebroadcast on pbs for three nights starting on january 16. guests. ests include that >> tavis smiley close a forum tomorrow. the tune in that is at 6:00 we did 6:30 p.m. eastern. >> debbie wasserman schulz on the 2012 campaign. then mitt romney campaigned in south carolina. after that, a fund-raising event with president obama at the university of illinois. >> a couple of live events to tell you about. he speaks on the state of u.s. business. here on c-span, the...
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want to get your college young persons tuition funding, they want to take away nasa, they want to cut pbs, they want to probably even take away c-span. >> they won't be able to do that final thing because we do not get public funding. but thank you for your telephone call. you are looking at pictures from the carolina fest, an event open to the public today which invites people in the charlotte area to come downtown and get a sense of what is happening with the convention. there are all kinds of exhibits, some political and some cultural and there are musical acts, including james taylor performing later today. next is dave in omaha, neb., a republican. caller: the president referred to a secret sauce as if it were some kind of mystery. i would submit the romney plan is the same plan president reagan used to cause a great recovery after the disastrous years of jimmy carter. the peak -- the thing people need to come to grips with is they're paying more for gas, food, clothing, and just about everything. if they think president obama's plan has worked the last three years, what is making th
want to get your college young persons tuition funding, they want to take away nasa, they want to cut pbs, they want to probably even take away c-span. >> they won't be able to do that final thing because we do not get public funding. but thank you for your telephone call. you are looking at pictures from the carolina fest, an event open to the public today which invites people in the charlotte area to come downtown and get a sense of what is happening with the convention. there are all...
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much about him in the most flattering way possible that almost nobody saw it there were not watching pbs or c-span because it came on before the networks came on. ok, cnn, too. here was the problem. the night that ann romney spoke, that was the big night introducing ann romney, his secret weapon, but instead day ended with chris christie, who was mean, and left a different taste in your mouth. it might take some time to make up for those miscues. >> we do not want to suggest that we just put it out there and say here is what they're doing. we are there to contrast and analyzed. >> also, three days -- i think they will go back to four days. they had each done three days. i think it will get less and less. >> one of our favorite interviews was when rick santorum came by and he decided to be honest about what he thought about mitt romney. he said when i debated him, -- he was just talking like this, and we kept saying really? we said do you want to stay and talk more after the speech, and he said ok. it was clear that even after all of the republican debates and primary encounters, that the
much about him in the most flattering way possible that almost nobody saw it there were not watching pbs or c-span because it came on before the networks came on. ok, cnn, too. here was the problem. the night that ann romney spoke, that was the big night introducing ann romney, his secret weapon, but instead day ended with chris christie, who was mean, and left a different taste in your mouth. it might take some time to make up for those miscues. >> we do not want to suggest that we just...
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i will stop the subsidy to the pbs. >> the president spent the last week talking about saving big bird. >> please proceed. >> binders full of women. we need strong leadership. i would like to be that leader with your support. >> do you want four more years like the last four more years? do you want real change? >> welcome back to a rowdy newseum in virginia. we have 1000 people here for an election night party. a lot is happening even in that video. michigan, fox and abc has been called for barack obama. not a huge shock as people thought this was an obama state to win in michigan but it was one that late in the game republicans had hoped they could put in play to widen the math. places like ohio look worse. >> it is another for republicans. it is looking like a blue night. the senate, they are not having any pleasant surprises. on the presidential side, virginia and ohio, both looking problematic for republicans. the romney campaign sick with worry about virginia. a basic part of the math. so far, in rural and urban parts of virginia, the boat has come in very much -- vote has come in
i will stop the subsidy to the pbs. >> the president spent the last week talking about saving big bird. >> please proceed. >> binders full of women. we need strong leadership. i would like to be that leader with your support. >> do you want four more years like the last four more years? do you want real change? >> welcome back to a rowdy newseum in virginia. we have 1000 people here for an election night party. a lot is happening even in that video. michigan, fox...